Photographer&#39;s background-carrier.



PATENTED AUG. 4, 1908.y

` R. ToMLINsoN.

PHoToGRAPHRRs BACKGROUND CARRIER.

APPLIUATION IYILBD MAY 11, 1907.

hwkov'. Hvbmfh Tomlinson grap HERBERTA TMLINSON, OF HANNIVBAL, MISSOURI.

PHOTOGRAPHIERS BAGKROUND-CARIER.

` Specication of Letters Patent. 'Application mea may 11, 1907. seria No. 373,049.

PlatentedAug. 4, 1908.

To all whom 'it mayconcem:

\Be it known that I, HERBERT ToMLrNsoN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in Hannibal, in the county of Marion and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Photogra hers Background-)Carriers of'which the fo owing is ,a full,- clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompany-- ing drawing, forming part of this specification. t

' My invention relates to a background carrier for use by photographers and it has for its object to rovide a carrier ofthis description on whic the background may be readily and quickly raised and lowered to suit the demands in the cording to the elevation at which a photoh is to be taken; also a carrier `that provides for-the background being inverted so as to place the shading ortion of the background sion of the means to which the background is attached; also a carrier having parts that maybe readilyl Jfolded into smaller'compass than the carrier occu ies when in its condition for service, t ereby providing for economy of space occupied by the carrier when not in use.

Figure I is a front elevation of my background carrier with the background supported thereby. Fig. II is a vertical section taken on lineII-IL Fig. I. Fig. III is a horizontal cross section taken on line III III, Figs. I and II.

The frame' of my background carrier comprises a base 1 that is mounted upon casters 2 and a posti?, surmounting the base and provided with a vertical slot 4, said post being rigidly held in upright position upon the base by braces 45. l

' 6 designates a background supporting cross arm that is mortised centrally as indicated at 7, and fitted to the post 3. This cross arm is held to the post b means ofv a clamping bolt 8 that is seate in the cross arm and extends through the slot in the post 3, the shank of the bolt being threaded and having applied thereto a thumb nut 9 that bears against a washer 10 that is interposed between the nut and the rear face of the post 3. The meansof connection between the cross arm and the post provides for the ready vertical adjustment of the cross arm on the ost when the nut 9 of said means is loosened and again tightened 'm order that said arm use of the background acat either side vof t e carrier by inver-- either a downward pull may be raised and lowered to positions at either the topor bottom of the post or to positions intermediate of the first named.

l 11 is a back ound of iiexible material, such as fabric, t at is attached to a roller 12 on which it may be wound and which is mounted in brackets 13 attached to the cross arm 6, the roller being of the spring controlled type commonly utilized as hangers for window shades. No invention is herein claimed, however, for the construction of this .roller and the spring mechanism thereof is not shown. To provide for the maniHulation of the background 11 I utilize a pu cord 14 that is preferably supplied with a snap'hook 15 and attached to the ede of the background is an eye 16. The pu cordv 14 is adapted to operate in conjunction with either a pulley 17 attached to the attached to the up er end of the post of said frame, the said pueys being' pre erably of a cam grooved type as illustrated. ject in locating the two pulleys atthe bot.-

tom and `top of the carrier frame respectively l is to rovide for either a downward pull upon t e background in unwinding it trom the roller 12 when the' supporting cross arm 6 is in an elevated osition and the pull cord 14 is to be operated lower ulley and to rovide for the raising of the ackground w en the cross arm is 1n a lowered position on and the background wardly While the pull on the u er pulley 18.

It Rie seen that as'the background supporting cross arm is held to the post of. the carrier frame by the clamping bolt 8 and its nut, said cross arm may be readily turned over or rotated in a vertical planel relative to the post of the carrier after the nut of the clamping kbolt is loosened to 'invert it from its former position and that therefore when the cross arm is lowered after being inverted the background may be drawn upwardly in unwinding it from the roller 12 when the pull cord 14 is drawn u on while mounted on the upper pulley` 18.4

e shifting of the cross arm to provide for upon .the background in unwinding it from the roller to which it is applied or an upward pull upon the back ound in unwindin it is required at times or the reason that t the post of the carrier is to be drawn upcord 14 is operating 'lower end of the carrier frame or a pulley 18 The obin conjunction with the. A

e background is provided with a shading spot A, see Fig. I,

that it is desirable to place at either the right or left hand side of the carrier, according to the position in which the subjectJ is posed in front of the background.

Attention is directed to the fact that the cross arm 6 being connected to the post of the frame of the carrier by a single clamping bolt, said arm may be readily shifted into an upright position and parallel to the post of the carrier when the carrier is not needed,

.thereby placing the entire carrier in smaller com ass so that the space occupied by it will e economized.

I claim:

1. A photographers background carrier, comprislng a post, means extending crosswise of said post and vertically adjustable thereon, a cross arm mounted on said means so as to enable said cross arm to be turned and inverted, and means for securing a background to said cross arm.

2. A photographers background carrier, comprising a post having a vertical slot, means extending crosswise of `said post and vertically adjustable in said vertical slot, a cross arm mounted on said means so as to enable said cross arm to be turned and inverted and means for securing a background to said cross arm.

3. A photographers background carrier, comprislng a post, a clam ing bolt extending crosswise of said post an vertically adjustable thereon, a cross arm mounted on said clamping bolt so as to enable said cross arm to be turned and inverted and clamped to said post, and means for securing a background to said cross arm. h

4. A photographers background carrier, comprislng a post, a clamping bolt extending crosswise of said post and vertically adjustable thereon, a cross arm having a mortise fitting said post so as to adapt it to slide thereon and rotatably mounted on said clamping bolt so as to enable said cross arm to be turned over. and inverted and clamped to said post and means for securing a background to said cross arm.

HERBERT TOMLIN SON In presence of R. R. MCINTYRE, M. W. SPENCER. 

